Quotes on Direction

Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us - and those around us - more effectively. Look for the learning.

Author: Louisa Alcott

Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that, and changes name as it changes direction.

Author: Dante Alighieri

I truly, truly believe that I was going in that direction and all of a sudden fate took me and put me here. It's like something else has other plans for me.

Author: Christopher Atkins

Metaphysical thinking will always no doubt be a strong element in her mentality, and it is to be hoped that she will never lose her great, her sovereign powers in that direction.

Author: Sri Aurobindo

Of all the toys available, none is better designed than the owner himself. A large multipurpose plaything, its parts can be made to move in almost any direction. It comes completely assembled, and it makes a sound when you jump on it.

Author: Stephen Baker

But I would say if the Security Council is only relevant if it agrees with the United States, then we have come a long way in a direction that I do not like very much.

Author: Hans Blix

If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction.

Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Direction coupling between the various radiations generated in a nuclear reaction both with one another and with the initiating radiation can also be detected and measured by coincidences; this provides valuable information about the structure of the atomic nuclei.

Author: Walther Bothe

And, of course, method is very important as is a high-quality specialist (trainer) working with you to keep you going in the right direction for your improvement and to help create results.

Author: Sergei Bubka

We were grooving, at that point, in the same direction, but remember, Roy Hamilton and myself were going into a path and a direction that had no programming.

Author: Solomon Burke

The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning faculties of the brain take little part in the direction of the vocal organs.

Author: Edgar Burroghs

I was so frustrated in Sabbath after the last few albums. I just didn't like the musical direction Sabbath was going in.

Author: Geezer Butler

I wrote five issues of that and got the sack. Actually, they paid me for eight, but they changed their minds about the direction and threw three issues out the window.

Author: Eddie Campbell

In the period from 1824 to 1833, the tendency was steadily in the former direction, but it was only in the latter part of it that it was made really efficient.

Author: Henry Carey

Putin has a lot at stake here and restoring the relationship with the United States, and there are already signs as Sandy mentioned that he's moving in the right direction to begin to ascertain that their trade with Iran is not used for the production of nuclear weapons.

Author: Frank Carlucci

A good bassist determines the direction of any band.

Author: Ron Carter

In the larger companies, you have this tendency to get top-down direction.

Author: Vinton Cerf

The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.

Author: Chanakya

If you cry 'forward', you must without fail make plain in what direction to go.

Author: Anton Chekhov

The earth also is spherical, since it presses upon its center from every direction.

Author: Nicolaus Copernicus

I really like to have a bit of direction, you know?

Author: Caroline Corr

The combination of Federalism and Republicanism which formed the substance of the system, did not constitute a progressive and formative political principle, but it pointed in the direction of a constructive formula.

Author: Herbert Croly

I did a thesis in experimental nuclear physics under the direction of Samuel K. Allison.

Author: James Cronin

Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction.

Author: John Crosby

I designed all the characters, anyway, and Frank Doyle was doing all the writing. I didn't have any more input on what direction they were going to go with Josie.

Author: Dan DeCarlo

He was thinking alone, and seriously racking his brain to find a direction for this single force four times multiplied, with which he did not doubt, as with the lever for which Archimedes sought, they should succeed in moving the world, when some one tapped gently at his door.

Author: Alexandre Dumas

I feel like a nuclear missile. Point me in that direction, I'll go.

Author: George Dzundza

It was all recorded and mixed and there's more continuity in it more direction.

Author: Dave Edmunds

Ride the horse in the direction that it's going.

Author: Werner Erhard

The effect of sailing is produced by a judicious arrangement of the sails to the direction of the wind.

Author: William Falconer

Hence a ship is said to head the sea, when her course is opposed to the setting or direction of the surges.

Author: William Falconer

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's somebody doing something because I pushed them in that direction.

Author: Leslie Fiedler

Yes, and there were changes of light on landscapes and changes of direction of the wind and the force of the wind and weather. That whole scene is too important in Homer to neglect.

Author: Robert Fitzgerald

So we take a lot of pride in that. It's really on us to turn this thing around. I think this last month we've done just that. We've pointed ourself in the direction that we want to be, and I think we're starting to head towards that. Right now we're in a nice rhythm.

Author: Kevin Garnett

The Holy Ghost was working through me on this film, and I was just direction traffic.

Author: Mel Gibson

My last two records that I made were both quite pointed in one direction and I think I do my best stuff when it's all over the map, when there's a couple traditional things, a couple pretty rocking things.

Author: Vince Gill

There's nothing worse than having everybody thinking alike, talking alike and having the same direction in mind. It gets stale that way.

Author: Alex Halen

In group lesson number six I think we learned how to turn backwards and then just kind of wiggle. That wasn't really skating backward, but I guess I was going in the right direction.

Author: Dorothy Hamill

I'm inspired by the poets, so I'm always going to give in that direction, rather than in any other. It's the making of me... and also the downfall of me.

Author: Roy Harper

After a while, the characters I'm writing begin to feel real to me. That's when I know I'm heading in the right direction.

Author: Alice Hoffman

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

Author: Oliver Holmes

The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving.

Author: Oliver Holmes, Jr.

She said she was approaching forty, and I couldn't help wondering from what direction.

Author: Bob Hope

I'm most suspicious of scripts that have a lot of stage direction at the top of the page... sunrise over the desert and masses of... a whole essay before you get to the dialogue.

Author: Anthony Hopkins

When interest rates are high you want the average direction in which interest rates are moving to be downward; when interest rates are low you want the average direction to be upward.

Author: John Hull

Our tree is actually a tree of the short-term interest rate. The average direction in which the short-term interest rate moves depends on the level of the rate. When the rate is very high, that direction is downward; when the rate is very low, it is upward.

Author: John Hull

Well firstly, that points certainly at the need for international standards on biometrics that would move in the same direction so that we can have the same technical requirements.

Author: Asa Hutchinson

It's hard to be happy when you are facing 120 to 140 degree temperatures and nothing seems to be moving in a direction that you think or they think or you've been told it's supposed to be moving in.

Author: Janis Karpinski

Governments must now take a leading role in moving their nations in the right direction.

Author: Henry Kendall

I think we're going in the right direction.

Author: Jason Kidd

Once he had selected the path he was going down he really had to stick with it in a 16 game match. He had to try and hit in the one direction but unfortunately for him - though fortunately for me! - he hit in the wrong direction.

Author: Vladimir Kramnik

The satirical direction I have chosen is an indication of my disappointment in man, which is the opposite way of saying that I have high expectations for the human race.

Author: Jack Levine

Of course, the world is full of problems. But on the other hand it's important to get the sense... are we generally moving in the right direction or the wrong direction?

Author: Bjorn Lomborg

We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction.

Author: Douglas MacArthur

I think Europe is going in the right direction and we shouldn't be set back.

Author: Peter Mandelson

I get a different kind of lyric from someone else that might make me go in a different musical direction.

Author: Barry Mann

You have to listen to what resonates within your own gut. You find your direction there. Your voice comes out.

Author: Kathy Mattea

We were kind of caught up in the genre trap. We didn't really have a lot of artistic freedom. They wanted us to go into a certain direction, so they could promote us easier.

Author: Mark McGrath

As the unity of the modern world becomes increasingly a technological rather than a social affair, the techniques of the arts provide the most valuable means of insight into the real direction of our own collective purposes.

Author: Marshall McLuhan

The only stage direction Jackie ever gave him, George said was: 'If you want to stay in the picture, stay close to me.' The rest of the cast remembered a television director's adage.

Author: Audrey Meadows

I've done enough of this that I can tell early on if it's going in the wrong direction or not.

Author: Dennis Muren

Trends, like horses, are easier to ride in the direction they are going.

Author: John Naisbitt

I have yet to find a man worth his salt in any direction who did not think of himself first and foremost.

Author: George Nathan

In the second and third debates the jacket has a generally padded shape across a large part of the entire back which tapers inward toward the spine in a downward direction.

Author: Robert Nelson

On one hand, to be able to go from one direction in the sky to study such an object to another direction to study another object, and on the other hand to be able to maintain accurately the position in space.

Author: Claude Nicollier

Our chief justices have probably had more profound and lasting influence on their times and on the direction of the nation than most presidents.

Author: Richard Nixon

The universe moves in the direction of Liberty.

Author: Michael Novak

I am pleased with the direction we are moving in.

Author: Jim Nussle

Thus, in general, in the first instance, the direction of interest in empirical fact will be canalised by the logical structure of the theoretical system.

Author: Talcott Parsons

Ordinary photons do have spin, they have a notion of helicity so they spin around their direction on motion.

Author: Roger Penrose

I never direct myself, because I don't like working with me. I would punch me in the mouth if I had to take my direction.

Author: Ron Perlman

The Spanish troops returned and we could yet discover the grass beaten down in the direction which they went.

Author: Zebulon Pike

John and I had a few meetings about what direction the sequel should take. I made some real insane suggestions. True to what you'd expect, he ignored them all and just picked up Halloween II where the original left off.

Author: Donald Pleasence

Back in 1995, Bill Gates himself didn't understand that the internet was the direction computing was going.

Author: John Podhoretz

The thing is, continuity of strategic direction and continuous improvement in how you do things are absolutely consistent with each other. In fact, they're mutually reinforcing.

Author: Michael Porter

It's moving in the right direction. It was in decline under the previous administration.

Author: John Prescott

At his direction, I have taken command as the temporary Head of the Republic.

Author: Ziaur Rahman

Once the herd starts moving in one direction, it's very hard to turn it, even slightly.

Author: Dan Rather

It's a very slow process - two steps forward, one step back - but I'm inching in the right direction.

Author: Rob Reiner

Obviously with every new album we make, we always have to believe in it and feel we've gone in the right direction.

Author: Nick Rhodes

Modern instruments were designed to throw sound all in one direction.

Author: Marc Ribot

As long as we, again, kind of keep earning the sequels with material and I'm confident Mike can, I'm in. You know I always want to do those. But I also want to keep going in some of the direction as Meet the Parents has.

Author: Jay Roach

I mean, George Bush is a man of prayer. He talks to the lord. He tries to get his direction from the lord.

Author: Pat Robertson

It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.

Author: Jim Rohn

Loving is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction.

Author: Antoine Saint-Exupery

The New York Times' was enigmatic: 'Some unimaginable gravitational force is pulling our entire galaxy in the opposite direction.' End of article. If you stop and think about that, we are recreating ourselves.

Author: Dwight Schultz

They've discovered that, where all the other galaxies are moving in one direction, ours is going in another. Now, the Big Bang theory says that we're all moving outward.

Author: Dwight Schultz

Whereas I think in New York every step is a detour in every direction.

Author: Jason Schwartzman

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.

Author: Dr. Seuss

They were involved in a firefight and felt they were surrounded. Whether they escaped from that and were fleeing and went in the wrong direction, we don't know.

Author: Hugh Shelton

Anybody that's a Dolphins fan feels they're headed in the right direction.

Author: Don Shula

When all the performances are excellent, critics understand it's the direction.

Author: Joel Siegel

And it raises a fundamental question: How long can we move the world in one direction while we move in another direction, and do we want to backslide into an era that we finally emerged from where we had a nuclear weapon for every tactical mission?

Author: John Spratt

A beam of luminous hydrogen canal rays has, owing to its velocity, exactly the same direction as that of the electric field in which it may be made to move.

Author: Johannes Stark

I want to thank all the fans for their support over the years. Keep supporting the Knicks, we're moving in the right direction here and we will be exciting to watch and competing against the best in the NBA. Come back to the Garden for those exciting games.

Author: John Starks

Strong I am one of those who never knows the direction of my journey until I have almost arrived.

Author: Anna Strong

You've got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.

Author: Alvin Toffler

I saw Al Foster with Miles Davis the other week. It was beautiful. But, the whole thing was, Al Foster played as well as everybody else, but all of them were quite brilliant under Miles Davis' direction.

Author: Charlie Watts

In practical terms the South Pointing Chariot was a simple direction finder. It could have been made to point in any direction - north, south, east or west.

Author: Kit Williams

Whether something is old-fashioned or not doesn't resolve the question of whether it's true or not. I can see the temptation of simply thinking, 'Well, there's a cultural mainstream which flows neatly in one direction. You just align with it'. And that really won't do.

Author: Rowan Williams

Spreading out the particle into a string is a step in the direction of making everything we're familiar with fuzzy. You enter a completely new world where things aren't at all what you're used to.

Author: Edward Witten

No, we'll never get back together. We'll remain friends, but I see her going in a completely different direction than me musically. But she'll end up doing really well if she continues on the path she's on. Because she's doing something very original.

Author: John Wozniak

You just have to have the guidance to lead you in the direction until you can do it yourself.

Author: Tina Yothers

We studied the light source in the direction of the magnetic force, we perforated the poles of the magnet; but even in the direction of the magnetic lines of force we found that our result was confirmed.

Author: Pieter Zeeman

According to well-known electrodynamic laws, an electron moving in a magnetic field is acted upon by a force which runs perpendicular to the direction of motion of the electron and to the direction of the magnetic field, and whose magnitude is easily determined.

Author: Pieter Zeeman

Let your passion be your compass in navigating life's uncertain waters.

Author: Olivia Jones

Success is not defined by the speed of your progress, but by the direction you are headed in.

Author: Jenna Walker

In the journey of life, courage is the compass that directs us towards our true north.

Author: Sophia Smith

Your passion is your North Star in a sea of possibilities.

Author: Harper Kim

Ambition without direction is like a bird without wings, destined to wander aimlessly.

Author: Jenna Smith

Love is the compass that always points north in the sea of life.

Author: Sofia Lopez

Love is the compass that leads us to our true north.

Author: Sophia Nguyen

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step; make sure it's in the right direction.

Author: Olivia White

Love is the compass that directs our hearts towards our true north.

Author: Emily Thompson

When the path is unclear, focus on putting one foot in front of the other.

Author: Gabrielle Martinez

Courage is the compass that leads us to our true north.

Author: Alexandra Parker

In the journey of life, kindness is the compass that always points us in the right direction.

Author: Samantha Smith

Success is not defined by how many steps you take, but by the direction in which those steps are heading.

Author: Nicole Roberts

Let your passion be your compass, guiding you towards your true north.

Author: Sophia Mendez

In the sea of uncertainty, courage becomes the North Star guiding us towards our true path.

Author: Skylar Grant

Dreams are the compass to guide us to our true path.

Author: Sophia Nguyen

Twists and turns in life's path may surprise us, but our inner compass will always guide us to true north.

Author: Sophia Martinez

True fulfillment comes not from where you stand but the direction you are headed.

Author: Sarah Thompson

Success is not determined by how fast you move, but by the direction you're headed in.

Author: Sophia Walker

Like a compass pointing north, passion will always lead you to your true north.

Author: Sofia Rivera

Live life with a compass in hand to always find your true north.

Author: Olivia Foster

Success is not where you stand but the direction in which you are going.

Author: Oliver Holmes

In the journey of life, courage is the compass that guides us in daring new directions.

Author: Sophia Zhang